Andrea first joined yli as a youth participant in Community Action Model, advocating for minimum price laws and price promotion in San Francisco. She later became the program intern where she continued to uplift Bay Area youth with her commentary and passions for organizing.
Andrea is a Program Manager for Healthy Online Platform for Everyone (H.O.P.E.) Coalition, organizing to hold social media accountable for the messages we receive online. Andrea has supported over 60 HOPE youth leaders to advance health policy including speaking in front of the California State Assembly and the White House Task Force on Protecting Kids Online.
Part of yli’s K-12 Youth Advocacy Campaign, Andrea is tasked to lead the Bay Area Regional Cohort to amplify youth voices in the public health system.
Andrea graduated from San Francisco State University, receiving a bachelor’s in Latino/a Studies and Race and Resistance under the Ethnic Studies Department, and participated in Urban Habitat’s Boards and Commission Leadership Institute. She hopes to create a healthy community space filled with history and resources to assist the activists of today.